There has been no impact assessment of how the decision to strip millions of pensioners of winter fuel payments will affect them, Keir Starmer has said. The Prime Minister and Chancellor Rachel Reeves decided to means-test the payments, worth up to £300, to help fill a £22bn “black hole” in the public finances. Pressed on
D3sign | Moment | Getty Images Inflation cooled in August and fell to its lowest level since February 2021, which was around the time the consumer price index began to climb during the pandemic era. This broad trend in the U.S. economy — a declining but still-positive rate of inflation — is known as “disinflation.”
The moment Donald Trump uttered the words at the debate on Tuesday night I knew I’d be off to Springfield. And so here I am, with a dispatch from a once unremarkable small American town that’s now utterly remarkable, if you believe the claim. “They’re eating the dogs! They’re eating the cats! They’re eating the
Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc., during an interview on “The Circuit with Emily Chang” at Meta headquarters in Menlo Park, California, US, on Thursday, July 18, 2024. Jason Henry | Bloomberg | Getty Images A Republican congressman slammed Meta on Thursday over what the lawmaker called an inadequate response to concerns
Solar energy powering grid Source: Shutterstock After decades of stable electricity demand in the US, a new report from ICF (Nasdaq: ICFI) predicts a significant surge starting this decade. US electricity demand to surge The global consulting and tech services provider’s new report, “The Impact of Rapid Demand Growth,” measures and maps electricity demand growth
Anna Sorokin, a Russian con artist who posed as a German heiress while scamming New York’s elite out of hundreds of thousands of dollars, has appeared at a fashion show with a bejewelled ankle tag. Sorokin, 33, falsely built a reputation as a wealthy German heiress named Anna Delvey over a number of years while
Sharing revenge porn will be upgraded to the most serious type of offence in a change to the Online Safety Act. It means social media firms must proactively remove such images and take steps to stop them appearing in the first place. There will large fines for companies that don’t comply. The government hopes the
Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff WriterSep 11, 2024, 07:52 AM ET Close MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Open Extended Reactions HELENA, Mont. — SEAN O’MALLEY IS standing at the living room window of his childhood home, taking in the panoramic view of his hometown. It’s been a
Justin Timberlake has pleaded guilty to a non-criminal traffic violation of driving while impaired following his arrest in June. The 43-year-old appeared in person at Sag Harbor Village Court in the Hamptons, New York state, on Friday to enter the new plea. The judge sentenced Timberlake to a $500 (£380) fine with a $260 surcharge
Disgraced Hollywood movie mogul Harvey Weinstein has been indicted on additional sex crimes charges in New York. Multiple accusers are prepared to testify against Weinstein, 72, assistant district attorney Nicole Blumberg told a court hearing on Thursday. However, the details of the indictment will not be disclosed until he is arraigned on the new charges.
Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterSep 12, 2024, 09:45 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions Thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, golf fans will get to watch the Solheim Cup in consecutive years. The competition between women’s teams from the
Satellite image of Hurricane Francine on Sept. 11th, 2024. NOAA GOES EAST U.S. crude oil jumped more than 1% to trade above $68 per barrel on Thursday, after Hurricane Francine churned through the Gulf of Mexico, disrupting oil production before making landfall in Louisiana. Oil futures rose more than 2% in the previous session as
Three Red Cross workers have been killed after aid vehicles were “attacked” by Russia in eastern Ukraine, officials in the country have said. The staff members, who were all Ukrainian, died in the village of Viroliubivka in the frontline Donetsk region today. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called their deaths a “war crime” and said Red
In this article AAPL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Republican vice presidential nominee Ohio Sen. JD Vance on Thursday took a shot at Apple on CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” stating he thinks the company benefits from “slave labor” in China. His comment was part of a broader conversation about taxing companies that rely on manufacturing in China.
Sir Keir Starmer has said that Russia started the Ukraine war and “could end the conflict straight away”. The prime minister is heading to Washington DC for talks with President Joe Biden at the White House on Friday over the ongoing conflict. Sir Keir has backed Kyiv’s right to defend itself after Russian leader Vladimir
An American billionaire has become the first person to take part in a private spacewalk – against the spectacular backdrop of the Earth. A spacewalk is considered one of the most dangerous activities an astronaut can do in orbit. SpaceX Polaris Dawn spacewalk – live updates Image: Pic: SpaceX It was delayed by around four
Holly Ramsay has announced she is engaged to Olympic swimmer Adam Peaty. The 24-year-old daughter of TV chef Gordon Ramsay revealed the news in a social media post. “I am marrying my best friend,” she wrote on Instagram, alongside photos of the pair and the engagement ring on her finger. “I truly cannot put into
The gap between how much money the state takes in and its spending will triple in the next 50 years, according to independent forecasters. Public debt will rise due to an ageing and ill population as well as climate change, the fiscal watchdog the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) has said. The ratio between debt
The billionaire founder of Revolut has sold shares worth hundreds of millions of dollars in the banking and finance app as he climbs the ranks of Europe’s wealthiest people. Sky News has learnt that Nik Storonsky, the company’s chief executive, sold between 40% and 60% of the stock that was offloaded by employees in a
Taylor Swift has won seven gongs at the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs), equalling Beyonce in a career total of 30 and matching her as most-awarded musician in VMAs history. Swift, who used her platform to urge Americans to vote in the upcoming presidential elections, picked up prizes including video of the year for